St John the Baptist Primary School

Overview

This follow-up inspection confirms that St John the Baptist Primary School has moved from a previous inadequate performance level to demonstrate "the capacity to bring about improvement in the interest of all the learners." The report highlights that leadership, management, and action to promote improvement are now "good," with significant progress made in addressing earlier concerns regarding governance, accommodation, and health and safety.

Strengths

• Leadership and management are now "good," with a "clear and strategic direction for school improvement" and "effective teamwork" between staff and governors.
• The "physical learning environment has improved significantly," with all previously identified accommodation and health and safety issues addressed.
• The quality of learning and teaching remains "good," featuring a "consistent and progressive approach to the teaching of numeracy" and improved writing through redrafting.
• Standards in English and mathematics are "good," with most children achieving in line with or above expectation, supported by targeted initiatives for underachievement.
• Specific reading interventions, such as ‘Time to Read Partners’, have resulted in "almost all boys in key stages 1 and 2 achieving in line with and above expectation."

Areas to improve

• The ETI will monitor how the school "sustains improvement in the role of the co-ordinators in evaluating the learning experiences in the classrooms."

Safeguarding

The report states that "all accommodation and health and safety issues identified within the original inspection report have been addressed by the school in partnership with CCMS, EA and governors."